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System I/O
Two industry-standard PCI I/O buses allow you to use
inexpensive, widely available I/O options. Both 32-bit and
64-bit PCI options can be used; 3.3V and 5V options are
supported.
The industry-standard PCI bus is the number one choice for
high-performance I/O options, such as disk storage and high-
performance video applications.
The PCI bus implementation has the following characteristics:
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Fully compliant with the PCI Version 2.1 Specification
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Operates at 33 MHz, delivering a peak bandwidth of 500
MB/sec; over 250 Mbytes/sec for each PCI bus
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6 option slots (Model 1) or 10 option slots (Model 2)
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Supports three address spaces: PCI I/O, PCI memory, and
PCI configuration space
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Supports byte/word, tri-byte, and longword operations
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Exists in noncached address space only
Block Diagram of I/O Control
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P-chip 0
Flash ROM
Interrupts
Acer Labs
1543C Chip
Config
(NVRAM functions)
P-chip 1
Keyboard
Mouse
CD-ROM
USB
COM1
COM2
Modem
Printer
Floppy
PCI 0
PCI 1
PCI Slot
PCI Slot
C-chip
I/O Implementation
In a Model 2 system that has 10 I/O slots, PCI 0 has 4 slots,
and PCI 1 has 6 slots. In a Model 1 system with 6 slots, each
PCI has 3 slots.
The Acer Labs 1543C chip provides the bridge from PCI 0 to
ISA. The C-chip controls accesses to memory on behalf of
both P-chips.
I/O Configuration Rules
A VGA controller, if present, must be installed in PCI 0.
I/O Ports
At the rear of the system are connectors offering access to two
serial communications ports, one modem port for the remote
management console, one parallel port, ports for the keyboard
and mouse, and two USB ports. Two SCSI breakouts are also
on the back panel.
Pedestal/Rack
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1. RMC modem port
2. COM2 serial port
3. Keyboard port
4. Mouse port
5. COM1 serial port
6. USB ports
7. Parallel port
8. SCSI breakouts
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